APPROVED CHAPTER
APRIL 10, 2023 24
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
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S.P. 72 - L.D. 133
An Act to Include a Representative of Newspaper and Other Press Interests
on the Archives Advisory Board and to Require the Member Representing a
Historical Society to Have Expertise in Archival Records
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §96, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 50, §12, is amended to
read:
2. Members. The Archives Advisory Board consists of 9 10 voting members with
expertise in the administrative, fiscal, legal and historical value of records. Voting
members of the board must represent the spectrum of records in the State and are appointed
by the Secretary of State as follows:
A. Two public members representing the interests of public access to government
records, recommended by a public interest group;
B. Two members from municipal or county government with expertise in local
government records, recommended by local or county government entities;
C. One member with expertise in archival records representing a state or local
historical society, recommended by a state or local historical society;
D. One member with expertise in the legal requirements of records retention and public
records law, recommended by the Attorney General;
E. One member with expertise in the State's fiscal requirements of records retention,
recommended by the Governor;
F. One member from the executive branch with expertise in executive branch records,
recommended by the Governor; and
G. One member from the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office
of Information Technology with expertise in electronic records, electronic records
management systems and emerging technology related to electronic records,
recommended by the Governor.; and
H. One member with expertise in journalism representing newspaper and other press
interests, recommended by a statewide professional news organization.
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The State Archivist serves as a nonvoting member.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 133, SP 72: 5.96
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 24: 5.96